Shoe scraper



Aug. 18, 1953 T. R. wlLTsE 2,648,864

SHOE SCRAPER Filed Dec. l 1949 www Patented Aug. 18, 1953 i UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE jy s Y y v 2,648,864 )i SHOE SCRAPER l Tracy R.Wiltse, Des Moines, Iowal Application December '1, 1949, Serial'No.130,521

1 Claim.

My invention relates to a device for removing mud and the like fromshoes and boots and has combined with it a bootjack.

Shoe scrapers of one type or another are commonly used at homes landparticularly on farms. They are very useful devices especially whereout-of-doors work is necessary and the weather is damp or wet.However,'most scrapers generally have only a scraper bar for the sole ofthe shoe and boot and sometimes a brush is provided for the sidesthereof. In my device I have invented a novel type shoe-scraper that isdesigned Yto remove mud and the like not only from the bottom of thesoles of a shoe or boot but also from the top of the sole where itprotrudes from the shoe and which also provides a brush'for cleaning theside and top edges of the sole.

A further object of my invention is to provide a shoe and boot scraperof the above class that has a bootjack formed thereon so that after theshoes or boots have been cleaned they may be removed, if desired.without requiring the wearer to bend over or handle them.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a shoe scraperand bootjack that can be placed in the ground at any selected place oraffixed to a step or the like without removing or adding any partstherefor.

A still further object of this device is to provide a shoe scraper ofthe above classes that is economical in manufacture, eiiicient in useand durable in construct-ion.

'Ihese and other objects will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement, and combinationof the various parts of the device, whereby the objects contemplated areattained as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my` claim,and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of this device shown affixed to a door stepor the like,

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of this device taken on the line 2-2 ofFig. 1 with the dotted lines respectively showing the position of a shoeor boot on the scraper bar and engaging the bootjack, and

Fig. 3 is a front view of the upper part of one side of this device withthe dotted lines respectively showing the position of a shoe or boot inengagement with the scraping brush and also being used on the spurscraper projection at the side thereof.

Referring to the drawings I have used the numeral I0 to designate twovertical spike or 2 v stake members secured in spaced and substantiallyparallel relation by the transverse scraper bar II, as shown in Fig. l.A hole transversely through the center portion of each stake I0 isprovided to receive a screw I2. The numeral'. I3 designates twoprojecting lugs or support arm members respectively secured to each ofsaid stake members at a point above the holefory the screw I2 andextending at substantially right angles therefrom on the'same sideofeachstake Ill. A hole is provided in the free end port-ion of each armI3 to receive a screw I4 and this devi-ce is designed to be capable ofbeing mounted on a doorstep 2| or the like by means of the screws I2 andI4, as shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2.

The numeral I5 designates an outwardly extending scraper spur memberthat is provided on the top outside end portion of each stake member I0.

The inside upper portions of each of the stake members I0 is providedwith a horizontal channel-like bracket member formed by the verticallyspaced inwardly projecting arms I6 and I1 on each stake I0, as shown inFig. 1. Each bottom arm I'I is ush with and disposed transversely to thetop edge of the scraper bar II. The numeral I8 designates two brushmembers respectively designed to be arranged in each of the channelbrackets on the stake Ill, as shown in Fig. 1, and to be detachablysecured therein by means of the screw I9.

The center portion of the bottom longitudinal edge of the scraper bar II is cut away in the form of an inverted U and at the top center of thiscut away portion a lip member 20 is provided which extends atsubstantially right angles therefrom in the same direction as thesupport arms I3.

Thus constructed and arranged this device can be used in the followingmanner: The scraper and bootjack can be placed anywhere in the ground bydriving in the bottom portions of the stakes I0. It can ralso bedetachably secured to any doorstep 2l or the like, as shown in thedrawings. Once positioned it provides a means for removing all mud andthe like from shoes or boots and also a means for removing the shoes orboots without requiring the wearer to stoop or bend or to handle thedirty foot gear.

When mud is caked about the soles, that part along the upper stitchingon the sole can be easily removed on the scraper spurs I5, as shown inFig. 3. The bottom of the soles can of course be cleaned on the scraperbar II and as this is done the brushes I8 will be slidably engaged bythe sides of the sole and any foreign matter thereon will be removed.Once the shoes or boots are cleaned, the heel portion can be placedunder the lip 20 which serves as a bootjack to facilitate the removal.Also the circular concave portion of the bootjack can be used to scrapemud or the like from the back or heel portion of the shoe.

Some changes may be made in the construction andv arrangement of my shoeservice means without departing from the real spirit' and purpose of myinvention, and it is my intention to cover by my claim, any modifiedforms of struc-` fture or use of mechanical equivalents which mayy bereasonably included Within its scope. I claim: In a device of the classdescribed, two spaced apart spike members each having pointed lower endsadapted to be driven into a holding a horizontal object for holding saidspike memso vertical bers respectively against movement relative to saidobject in at least one direction, each of said spike members having atransverse hole in its length and below the plane of its lug adapted toreceive a fastening means for securing said spike members respectivelyto a vertical object; said spike members, scraper bar, said brushreceiving holding channels and said laterally extending lugs beingyintegrally formedv and of one piece.

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